Question

I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours modern day text.

Answer 1

Answer:

These lines are spoken by Hamlet in Act II scene ii of the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.

Explanation:

This excerpt is a quote from the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, Act II scene ii where the young prince Hamlet is in conversation with his former university friends Guilderstern and Rosencrantz.

In these lines, he is telling them of his recent feeling of loneliness. He laments the loss of interest in anything that the world can offer, telling them that he sees earth as "no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors". The melancholic feeling that has overtaken him after the death of his father has made him dead inside, unable to feel love for anything.